Jesus, that is too much stuff at once.

Wow, this is looking fantastic! Our wallets are going to hurt once again though!

Why the heck do they want to do releases this way?

Interestingly the punk turtle four pack is coming in the 'two pack' open window format like the Style Guide 2.0 four pack that was part of Haulathon 2022, rather than coming in an 'art flap' four pack like the Turtles In Disguise box set did.

I wondered whether it would be part of an open pre-order NECA store release and therefore being more widely available, but it looks like we are going to have to hunt around for it out in the wild instead.

Posted by: @catromaji

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Why the heck do they want to do releases this way?

This is a win-win for NECA and Target stores, and helps support the various TMNT lines as a whole, by allowing more volume to be sold as the products can be produced in larger quantities and reach a bigger audience. Therefore I am happy that they have these practices in place, even though it is not best for each collector individually.

Or rather, it is also a win for the collector individually, but in a long term sense as it makes the line more likely to last and become something expansive and special.

@catromaji Because Target demands it. And we buy it. And then Target goes "Fuck yeah, money! More, more, more, more!" *snorts cocaine*

The Pizza Club Edition boxes quote ''Leonardo Leads'', ''Donatello Does Machines, ''Raphael is Cool But Rude'' and ''Michelangelo is a Party Dude''.

There is also a picture of Donatello's coffee machine on his box, I wonder whether that is a future release being teased for us to put inside his Laboratory like we had the separate release of the Portal.

Posted by: @cmoney

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Jesus, that is too much stuff at once.

@cmoney I know, they're going to make a lot of us have to choose between sleepy Garfield or Space Hello Kitty

The TV boxed Turtles are really great, wish they had some new alternative mouth expressions, but still great. I'll cherry pick em if I see them. 

This time I'm only 100% on the maroon colored Mirage stuff, which hopefully will in time be as widely available as the other Mirage stuff has been, sans the bros. 

Man, all of that right after Donnie's Lab. Ouch squared.

FYI - FHF Store on aliexpress is fully stocked again with NECA TMNT, all lines. Most items are at normal retail prices once you factor in shipping, but that still could make them a bargain in some instances. Finally bit the bullet for the turtle tot accessory set and got it from them the last time they had full stock, it came packaged well, $75 shipped after taxes. 

They have Donnie's Portal Generator right now for $35 after shipping, which seems more reasonable than $45 plus NECA shipping, if anyone wants it for the upcoming lab. 

The Mirage  Shredder Clone set is $32 shipped, which struck me as a good deal. I think he was pretty expensive at Target, but I can't remember. 

Thankfully I'm only interested in the individual ultimate toon turtles this go 'round, so if I find them,  great, but I already have 2 versions (one set would go with the van if I snag these).

This year's Haulathon selection is very Leo/Don/Raph/Mikey heavy, and as a result, I think these offerings will fly off the shelves and not sit for very long at all.

However last year's Haulathon selection was the complete opposite, with none of the core turtles being offered, (outside of the baby turtles that were part of the accessory set), and was mostly non-essential variants and very minor characters. As a result, a lot of the toon products outside of the accessory set have taken a while to sell and many can still be found even now.

It feels like there should have been more balance over the two years with half of each year's offerings being swapped over with each other, and hopefully going forwards NECA will find that better balance with core character variants and fan favourites that have yet to be done, (Tempestra, Lord Dregg etc.), mixed in with minor characters.

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Thankfully I'm only interested in the individual ultimate toon turtles this go 'round, so if I find them,  great, but I already have 2 versions (one set would go with the van if I snag these).

Ha, wish I could be so blase about it.  All I want is the ultimate turtles and I don't have any of the previous ones.  I'm not optimistic about my chances.

I'd hope that they'd make the Ultimate brother packs evergreen and produce a decent quantity, but that hasn't really been their style. Most likely though they will be up for preorder on the NECA site sometime this year. With luck they'll all drop at once and you can save on shipping.